Turnovers, a short bench and stretches in which the opponent dominated the game were all in force again as the Jaguars dropped a 71-58 decision to Sun Belt Conference leader Arkansas State. It marked the second straight loss for the Jaguars who fell to 7-14 overall and 5-6 in Sun Belt play.

"I thought we started out playing pretty well,'' head coach Terry Fowler said. "We turned the ball over 12 times in the first half and we're still down two. It was our ball to start the half and we were feeling pretty good coming out of there. I thought we did a good job on the defensive end of the floor of not letting their stars get off early and we did a good job of helping off.

"In the second half, I thought they just came out and really tried to attack us in the paint, which is what has been what they've tried to do to other people and what they did to us at their place. And then (Aundrea) Gamble proved why she's one of the best players, if not the best player, int he league. She had a stretch where she scored six or eight unanswered and created for her teammates as well.''

Fowler said the Jags were in good shape up until the 13-minute mark of the second half when foul trouble, more turnovers and having to juggle the usual rotations started playing in Arkansas State's favor.

The Jags used a 12-0 run in the first half to take the lead from ASU and they had a chance to build a comfortable halftime lead. But in the final three minutes of the half and at the end of the Jags' scoring run, the Red Wolves responded with a run of their own and grabbed a two-point lead at intermission.

In the second half, South Alabama came out scoring from behind the arc, with Rachel Cumbo hitting a pair of shots and Breanna Hall adding one that gave the Jags a five-point lead. But that led to the 13-minute mark where ASU reversed the momentum and took control of the game.

The Jags had a balanced scoring attack. Cumbo and Hall finished with 11 points each while Ronneka Robertson scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Meghan Dunn scored 10 points. Sharon Sanders, making her second start of the season with point guard Brittany Webb lost for the remainder of the year with a torn ACL, added nine points.

The Jags shot 47.6 percent from the floor and 58.3 percent from 3-point range, bit number much better than ASU's. But they also committed 26 turnovers (10 for ASU) and the Red Wolves scored 34 points off of those turnovers. The Jags were outscored 26-20 in the paint, which is an improvement over the previous game against ASU, but they were outscored 13-3 in second chance baskets, 24-5 in bench points and 13-6 in fastbreak points.

Colby Davis, who had missed the previous four games with a PCL injury, returned to action in a limited basis Wednesday. She played 14 minutes, scoring one point (0 for 2 from the floor, 1 of 2 from the free throw line).